Robert Best

Robert Best (1744-1809) was a colonel of the Continental Army's rangers during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Robert Best was born in 1744 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and he went hunting with his family when he was young. Known for his remarkable skills, he became a surveyor before joining the rangers of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Best served under Silas Paine at the Battle of Metuchen on 15 November 1776, where his rangers mauled the Tories' own rangers. Best's rangers were involved in raids on New York City during the war, and his men ended the war in South Carolina at the war's end. Best died in 1809 in Trenton.